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sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, disputedistress, trouble, affliction, persecutioncrime, guilta contention at law, a suit, cause, action

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strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute Sacu seditio, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 30. Seó sacu ( seditio ) árás, Num. 16, 42. Wearð sacu ( rixa) betwux Abrames hyrdemannum and Lothes ... Abram cwæð tó Lothe : 'Ic bidde ðæt nán sacu (jurgium ) ne sig betwux

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc

for-spillan

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Add: to destroy Land hý áwéstað and burga forbærnað anð ǽhta forspillað, Wlfst, 133, 10. Forspil hý disperde eos, Ps. Rdr. 53, 7. ꝥ ic forspille (disperderem ) of ceastre ealle, Ps. Srt. 100, 9. Is nédðearf ꝥ hié man forspille, and mid ordum hié man

glædnes

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Add: the state or feeling of being glad. v. glæd; 1 Syndon eahta heálice mægnu . . . glædnes ( laetitia, cf. Hml. S. 16, 345) and ánrǽdnys (the opposites of unrótnys and ásolcennys), Wlfst. 69, 1 Ꝥte glædnise (gaudium ) mín in iúch sié, Jn. L. 15, 11

cancettan

(v.)
Grammar
cancettan, part. cancettende; p. cancette; pp. cancetted
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To laugh aloud or in a cackling manner; cachinnare Mæssepreóst ne sceal lufigean micelne and ungemetlícne cancettende hleahtor nor shall a mass-priest love great and immoderate cackling laughter, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 36

Linked entry: ceahhetan

hwílwend-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílwend-líce, adv.

Temporarily

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Temporarily, for a time only Beóþ blówende and welige hwílwendlíce ðæt gé écelíce wædlion be flourishing and wealthy for time that ye may be beggars for eternity, Homl. Th. i. 64, 15: 162, 15: ii. 384, 26

hýrig-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hýrig-mann, es; m.
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A person hired to work Ðá gewearþ ðam hláforde and ðam hýrigmannum wið ánum peninge an agreement to work for a penny was made between the lord and the workmen he had hired, Th. An. 73, 30

ge-brýsed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brýsed, part. p. [ge-, brýsed, pp. of brýsan to bruise]

Bruisedcontrītus

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Bruised; contrītus Ðæt he his preósta ǽnne of horse fallende and gebrýsedne gelíce gebiddende and bletsigende fram deáþe gecyrde ut clērĭcum suum cadendo contrītum, æque ōrando ac benedīcendo a morte revocāvĕrit, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 24

ge-hýdnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hýdnes, se; f.

Comfortsecurity

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Comfort, security(?) Ðýlæs hie gedwelle sió gehýdnes and ða getǽsu ðe hie on ðæm wege habbaþ lest the comfort and pleasures that they have on the way seduce them, Past. 50, 1; Swt. 387, 13; Hat. MS

sib-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sib-líc, adj.
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Of peace Mid siblícum cosse, Homl. Skt. i. 22, 31. God biddan ðæt hé forgefe siblíce tíd and smyltelíco gewidra, Shrn. 74, 11. Wé sceolan ús geearnian ða siblecan wǽra Godes and manna, Blickl. Homl. 111, 3

syge

(n.)
Grammar
syge, (better (?) sige), es; m.
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Sight, aim (?) Scyppend hafa ðé tó hyhte and á sóð tó syge ðonne ðú secge hwæt have God as your hope, and ever truth as your aim, when you say anything, Exon. Th. 304, 2; Fä. 64

Linked entry: sige

á-léfedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-léfedness, e; f.
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Infirmity, lameness, crippledness Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle getíged. . . . Ðám wearð geswutelod ꝥ hé sceolde gefeccan æt Swýðúnes byrgene his líchaman hǽle and þǽre áléfednysse ( the cure of his crippledness ), Hml. S. 21, 99

Linked entry: -léfedness

ceahhetan

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ceahhetan, ceahhettan.
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Substitute for the citation Hié on þon swíðe blissedon and ceahhetton(-heton v. l.) turba multum exultans et cachinnans, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 620, 14: and add :-- Cæh[hetende] cachinnantes, An. Ox. 5234. [Ceahhe]tendum cachinnanti, 4499

helpend

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Hé symble untrumum and þearfum árede and hiora helpend wæs on hiora sáre infirmis et pauperibus consulere opem ferre nan cestabat, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, II. Helpend am þínes auxiliatus sum tui. Rtl. 19. 9. Add

mirran

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Add Hú ðonne gyf ðé myrrað and lettað þæs líchoman mettrimnysse dolor corporis te fortasse vi sua commovet, Solil. H. 40, 6. Ælfere ealdorman and óþre manega munucregol myrdon, Chr. 975 ; P. 121, 26. add : v. mirrend

riht-gesamhíwan

(n.)
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lawfully married persons Be ðon ðe ryhtgesamhíwan (rihtgehíwan, v. l., Ll. Lbmn. 22, 25) bearn hæbben, and ðonne se wer gewíte. Gif ceorl and his wíf bearn hæbben gemǽne, Ll. Th. i. 126, 1. Cf. riht-híwa

Linked entries: riht-híwa ge-samhíwan

rúmmód-ness

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Add Þám hér byþ forgifen seó rúmmódnes and árfæstnes þára ælmæssylena and gódra weorca, Gr. D. 321, 23. Nolde hé nó ðá rúmmódnesse hátan mildheortness, ac ryhtwísnes non largitatem vocare misericordiam, sed justitiam maluit, Past. 337, 1

þúsend

Grammar
þúsend, <b>.
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III.</b> add Ágefen Alchhere and Aeðelwold hire twá ðúsenda, and fón him tó ðém londe, C. D. i. 310, 24. Ic gean án þúsend werð fen . . . ꝥ healfe þúsend fen, iv. 59, 17-23

un-wynsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wynsumness, e; f.

Unpleasantness

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Unpleasantness Se stenc wearð áwend tó wynsumum brǽðe, and eall seó unwynsumnyss him weard tó blysse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 215. Se mann gewyrðeþ tóswollen and tó stence áwended mid unwynsumnysse, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50; 23

Linked entry: wynsumness

wín-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-gál, adj.

Flown with winewanton with wine

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Flown with wine, wanton with wine Onwóc wulf-heort, se ǽr wíngál swæf, Cd. Th. 223, 8; Dan. 116. Wlonc and wíngal "flown with insolence and wine," Exon. Th. 307, 25; Seef. 29 : 478, 2; Reim. 35

hæften

(n.)
Grammar
hæften, e; f.

Captivity, custody

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Captivity, custody Ða betste of ðes eorles híréde innan ánan fæstene gewann and on hæftene gedyde he took the best of the earl's household within a fortress and placed them in custody, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 29